Google Gets Word Play
Google has long since seeped into the mainstream lexicon as a verb. Now it's official.
A Conversation with OurStory
Today I had the chance to speak with Andy Halliday, CEO of recently launched OurStory — a post-launch follow-up to our initial discussion back in May. The site falls into the social networking category but has an interesting way of…
Last Big Yellow Pages Transaction?
As speculated for sometime now, Verizon Communications filed the necessary papers to spin its Yellow Pages business — Verizon Information Services (to be named Directories Corp.) — out to the public market. The paperwork with the SEC was filed today.…
Tribe.net Sold to NBC
Tribe.net is being sold to NBC. The sale marks the official end of an era for a service that at one time was determined to bring Friendster-like social networking to the local level via various city "tribes" run by newspapers,…
DSL Usage Surpasses Cable Modem
DSL subscribers have surpassed cable modem subscribers, according to a survey by The Pew Internet & American Life Project.Pew Director Lee Rainie, speaking June 29 at The Media Giraffe conference at The University of Massachusetts in Amherst, said it was…
Find.com Integrates Pay-Per-Call Listings
Ingenio has linked up with Web search engine Find.com to provide pay-per-call listings in its search results. Pay-per-call is getting more and more attention these days as a valuable source of performance-based marketing, online and off. Click-to-call (the basis of…
Moviegoers Go Offline and Online
Where Do Moviegoers Turn First for Movie Listings?New research conducted by The Kelsey Group shows that U.S. households are turning to a variety of offline and online local information sources to find movie listings. With "Superman Returns" topping $100 million…
Swanson Takes E&Y Award
Dave Swanson, chairman and CEO of RHD, was recognized as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Carolina region. Three years ago Swanson and team packed up their boxes and moved from Purchase, N.Y., to Cary,…
British Columbia Site Pursues Alternative Ads
The Tyee, a community site based in Vancouver, BC, is pursuing a rich base of community advertisers and foundations left behind by the "establishment" views of CanWest, the publisher of The Vancouver Sun and other Canadian titles.CanWest is a local…
API’s ‘Newspaper Next’ Previews at Media Giraffe
The American Press Institute's $2.7 million Newspaper Next project is nearing completion on six innovation test beds and getting ready to share its findings with the rest of the newspaper industry in September, according to Managing Director Steve Gray, who…
Newspaper News
Social media driven news site Digg has gotten a facelift and some added functionality. John Battelle takes a closer look and speculates on possible future enhancements and plug-ins for the site. The viral success the site has enjoyed makes this…
InfoSpace’s Mobile Business
A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to interview InfoSpace's senior director of emerging products, Joe Herzog, and product management director, Ron Winter. The company has an interesting strategy with parallel initiatives in online search and in mobile products,…
One Customer at a Time
At the recent EADP congress in Rome, Peter Darpo, CEO of European Directories, provided the audience with detailed information about the recently created European Directories. The company covers seven markets and has annual revenues of around 620 million euros and…